New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-20
COMPANION or 4 DYN4MITER.

STORY or AN IMPRISONED COUNrERFEirER IN
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO MAY 10 CSpecitb.-Among the prisoners in
tho County Jail Thomas Gordon charged with pass
ing two counterfeit silver dollars Gordon is gray
haired man who tells a romantic story Of his life
scochman by BIRTH he was In California during the god
excitement I'm $780, at which time he says he was worth
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars He has travelled ana
speculated in India Australia and the West indies To
reporter to-day Gordon said
"It was In 1869, think, ;hat met Fred Grant, the
Generals son, ia Bombay Grant, then lieutenant was
doing India and got to know him pretty we'll l met
him again I'm London during the Siege OF Paris ana
friend introduced 10 the dynamiter Thomhsson
We agreed TO 20 into scheme together Ihomasson at
the close OF tho War OF tho Rebellion here had become
Acquainted with tho terrible destructive power OF dyna-
mia our scheme was sell tho secret to the freuch
Government Well wo started for France pnt @ wore ~,
rested as spies Tho Germans offered Ihonnasson
300 600 for his secret he Frenehman ana
could be bought got back 70 Lonlon ON t
erhavon This was one ThOnassons Internal machines
II go board vessel that had been lhseu py
German Insurance sharks and was to be eNpOde az seq.
The scheme failed and IhomaSson was aIloS.eu- @ no
killed himself In prison MS inyeno Was % I WoyoS~st
only the latter M Improvement over hi"
DENOUYCING TIE IRISH COLLEGE LETTER.
BosroS, May 10 (Speciab.-speaklng Of the dlspatch
from Rome to The London Chronicle. purportins to ema-
nate from tho Irish College. donouuclng tho course OK
Parnell aud Gladstone, John Il. Fitzgerald says; Ihe
author OF that whoever he b Is an ass II viii excite
smile OF contempt on face OF anybody who knows he
true condition Of affairs do not believe from any such
authority that anybody in tho College oil Rome Gaming
himself an Irishman and clergyman would write Such
a document IL looks like palpabe forgery 10 me ;
but II true, II Is an asnine plece OF work from pesu
ming to end Further than that 1t is malicious libel Oh
the Irish people"
John Boyle ORoily was equally vehement In his de-
nunciaton or tho article " don't know what 10 make
OF IT," said no. oant believe It possible that IL s true
The whole thing pro English Tory argument anu 81
shallow withal that anybody knowing any thlnk hoouV
tho Irish question would put no alth IN " ~ Is al
offensive attack on the Irish Catholics, DlShops anu
priests who are unit in ind0rsing MI Parneli shu ono
Irish Parliamentary National party They are tne sup
port OF the irish College IN Rome and IL Is not ke tae
the college going prefer TO earn SUBSIDY rv sno
Tory aristocrats England and cut loose from the Ma
ton that established it aud whose name IL uses
CAME FROM ALABAM4 TO SEE WALT WHIIIAH.
PHILADELPHIA, May 10 CSpeeiaD.-Walt Whitman had
an une peotod visitor to-day In the person OF John new
ton Johnson from Marshall County Ala, VINO saiu ne
had travelled over 700 miles TO see Walt whitman MI
Whitman this afternoon expressed himself as delshted
with bs visitor and proposes TO make him MS guest LOT
the remainder OF the week He further saiui no
man know more about poetry than any man u
He Is quaint queer character OF great natpa hp.y,
and feel highly compnened TO think that ne has eono
| 100 miles 10 pay me @ vsiI